Russell v. State

bin 2013, appellant Roy Lee Russell was found guilty by a jury of second-degree battery and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to 180 months’ imprisonment for the battery offense, and to 480 months’ imprisonment for the firearms offense, to be served consecutively. Russell had also been charged with, and acquitted of, three counts of kidnapping, one count of aggravated assault, and three counts of rape.

The convictions and sentences were affirmed on direct appeal by the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Russell v. State, 2014 Ark. App. 357, 2014 WL…